Eat Play Love

Valentine's Day Plans for the Tragically Romantic

When a formal dinner at a fancy restaurant just doesn't appeal

02/05/2015 By Katharine Shilcutt

literature

Houston's 4 Best Reading Series

We may not be New York or San Francisco, but we do have some world-class reading series. Here are a few of our favorites.

02/05/2015 By Bryan Washington

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Feb 6–8

Featuring Jason Moran, John Lewis, Sherlock Holmes, and something called Frostival

02/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

Theatre

These Boots are Made for Walkin’

Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper’s new musical Kinky Boots arrives, both heralded and unsung.

02/04/2015 By Michael Hardy

theater

Sherlock Holmes Takes the Stage at Classical Theatre

Forget Sherlock and Elementary. Here's your chance to see the detective up close and personal.

02/03/2015 By Michael Hardy

opera

Review: HGO's Magic Flute Has Great Singing But Not Much Else

Houston tenor David Portillo shines as Tamino, but production and conducting are lackluster.

02/02/2015 By Sydney Boyd

Visual Art

Menil's Byzantine Fresco Chapel Reopens, Minus the Frescoes

The now-deconsecrated space will host a series of site-specific installations.

01/30/2015 By Michael Hardy

musical theater

Elton John's Ballet Joins Long Tradition of Rock Music On Stage

The Alberta Ballet's celebrated Love Lies Bleeding comes to Houston this weekend.

01/29/2015 By Michael Hardy

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 30–Feb 1

The Super Bowl isn't the only game in town this weekend.

01/28/2015 By Michael Hardy

Slideshow

The 23rd Annual Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee

01/27/2015

Slideshow

Bill Hobby’s Birthday Roast & Toast

01/27/2015

installation

Artist Tara Conley Invites You Into Her Doll House

The sculptor examines issues of gender and childhood in colorful HMAAC installation.

01/27/2015 By Michael Hardy

opera

Review: Brilliant Ana María Martínez Shines In Madame Butterfly

The Puerto Rican soprano returns to Houston Grand Opera in Puccini's beloved masterpiece.

01/26/2015 By Sydney Boyd

classical music

Guitar and Voice Virtuosos Visit Menil For Concert of English Music

Eliot Fisk and Nicholas Phan will perform songs by British composers from John Dowland to Benjamin Britten.

01/23/2015 By Sydney Boyd

essay

A Mormon's Take On The Book of Mormon

Like Charlie Hebdo, the popular musical mocks religious beliefs. Here's why I'm not planning a terrorist attack.

01/22/2015 By Cort McMurray

picks

Top Things To Do This Weekend: Jan 23–25

Featuring the Harlem Globetrotters, the Come and Take It Comedy Takeover, and Madame Butterfly

01/21/2015 By Michael Hardy

promotion

Never Seen an Opera? Maybe a Half-Price Ticket Will Change Your Mind

Opera in the Heights offers discount tickets to Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito for first-time operagoers

01/20/2015 By Michael Hardy

Visual Art

At Innovative New Gallery, Community Is the Work of Art

Artist Lynne McCabe drew on memories of growing up in working-class Scotland when creating her new Montrose space.

01/19/2015 By Michael Hardy

art

Time to Say Goodbye to the Flower Man's House

After finding high levels of toxic mold, Project Row Houses announces plans to raze house, preserve Cleveland Turner's legacy in other ways.

01/16/2015 By Michael Hardy

Slideshow

Houstonia Top Lawyers Celebration 2014

01/15/2015